Gulkana Glacier hike

[glacier_kitty]

Before I talk about the hike..grandma died early this morning. I'm thinking it was peacefully in her sleep cause she was basically just sleeping before she died. Hopefully she's in a better place now. Well..yesterday we drove to Gulkana Glacier. The whole week I was obsessing over the weather..it said rain and stuff but mom had checked the weather at work and was confident it would get better in the afternoon as soon as we got to the glacier haha. It was raining and cloudy when we drove there but mom was still confident. We met up with Carol and it was misting on us and a cloud was coming over the glacier but the mist didn't last long. Basically the whole way we walked on glacial moraines. Let me tell you..they were rocky the WHOLE way and I got tired of walking on rocks after a minute haha. We had to cross a suspension bridge over a creek to get to the glacier. That bridge was FUN haha. Everyone else was like "OMG THIS IS SCARY" and I was like "THIS IS AWESOME!" haha. We got to the glacier..and it became sunny..like almost exactly mom said it would. And when we left there were clouds all around..except where we were..that gave me CHILLS. Whoaaa. We weren't able to walk on the glacier cause the ice bridge to get to it had melted. I was like "what?!" cause I was coming thinking we'd be able to walk on it. But there really wasn't any way to get on it without killing yourself. The creeks were TOO rushing and wide, the rocks on the glacial silt were too unstable to climb on (as I found out haha), and even if you did get across the creeks the terminal moraines were too steep and possibly unstable to walk on. Oh well. We sat on the rocks for a bit until a falling rock threatened to hit us..it might have if it didn't hit another rock and stop. We decided to leave then. :P We walked back in the warmth, got dinner at Delta Junction and drove home. Mom saw 5 moose and I saw 4! Wow haha











Fall colors









Creeks coming off of Gulkana and College glaciers





The bridge we had to cross

Mom crossing



Gulkana Glacier





Big moraines

Blueee glacial ice :D















You could see the meltwater from under there. It's melting fast :(

























Terminal moraines from Black Rapids Glacier. That glacier has EPIC medial moraines *drools*

Someone at Black Rapids Roadhouse said that moraine is how far the glacier got to the old roadhouse

Now the glacier is in the valley or the mountains..not quite sure where the end of it is

More moraines

Moose!

Talk to the butt :P

Pic of the day:



Today's trivia: In medieval England jurors weren't fed until they reached a decision

Comments

[foxydanish.livejournal.com]

I can't believe how beautiful and clear the day got! What stunning pictures. Don't ever lose any of these pics, they're much too awesome to lose haha. Oh yeah, and blue is actually a very good color for you. You look very pretty with your rosy cheeks! :)

Ohh and I'm really sorry to hear about your grandma. :( I hope she is at peace now.